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A Voyage of Consolation

CHAPTER III
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See that poppa doesn't forget to take off his hat in the body of the church, but he might put it on in the Whispering Gallery, where it is sure to be draughty.

And remember that the funeral coach of the Duke of Wellington is down in the crypt, darling.

You might bring me an impression of that.
I think I'll have a cup of chocolate and try to get a little sleep." "Is it," asked poppa, "the coach which the Duke sent to represent him at the other people's funerals, or the one in which he attended his own ?" "You can look that up," momma replied; "but my belief is that it was presented to the Duke by a grateful nation after his demise.

In which case he couldn't possibly have used it more than once." I looked at momma reprovingly, but, seeing that she had no suspicion of being humorous, I said nothing.

The Senator pushed out his under lip and pulled his beard.
"I don't know about St.Paul's," he said; "wouldn't any other impression do as well, momma?
It doesn't seem to be just the weather for crypts, and I don't suppose the hearse of a military man is going to make the surroundings any more cheerful.


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